Vanities

The Vanities Headliners 2006–2011

For the past two decades, the opening page of the Vanities section has been like a second cover of Vanity Fair—singling out the brightest talents among a new generation of young actors. Many of these up-and-comers have gone on to achieve great critical success and sometimes global fame. Last year alone several past Vanities alums—including Jessica Chastain (The Help), Shailene Woodley (The Descendants), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50), Michael Fassbender (Shame), and Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre)—all won awards for their acting talent. In the following pages, Vanity Fair takes a look back at the shining careers of these stars and many others. We see them once again in their earliest moments in the spotlight—getting another look at where they came from and a chance to see just how far they’ve come.